Five forces and and
act at the vertex of a regular hexagon ABCDEF. Prove that the resultant is 6
where O is the centre of hexagon.
To prove
We know that centre O of the hexagon bisects the diagonals
∴, ,
Consider ΔABO and apply triangle law of vector, we get
And consider ΔACO and apply triangle law of vector, we get
And consider ΔAEO and apply triangle law of vector, we get
And consider ΔAFO and apply triangle law of vector, we get
Now,
Substitute the corresponding values from eqn(i) to eqn(v) in above eqn, we get
[from eqn(i)]
[as
and
]
Hence
Therefore the resultant of the five forces and
is
Hence proved